Privacy Policy

Who we are

Faithful Finance, Emily G. Stroud, MBA, CFA (“Faithful Finance”, “we”, or “us”) operates on https://faithfulfinance.com. We want to make sure you understand how we protect and use your information through this Privacy Policy. By using our website and services voluntarily, you are agreeing to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. Comments may be subjected to use for our business purposes.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Any images you choose to upload to Faithful Finance may be used to help promote Faithful Finance.

Contact forms

When you fill out a contact form with us, this provides us with the information we need to best reach you. The goal behind requesting this information is to provide you with the resources and information to best engage with Faithful Finance. We are committed to storing users’ data properly to promote respect and reliability.

Cookies

We do use of cookies on our site to enhance user experience and understand user interaction.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use digital software to measure, analyze, and report findings on a user’s online behavior. This is done to help us market our services, resources, and information to you in the most effective way we can.

Who we share your data with

Organizations and other third parties that help distribute and promote Faithful Finance’s products, services, events, information, etc. may use your data to ensure that relevant information and resources get to you effectively.

Special Cases

We may use the data we have collected for special cases in which the law requires us to and/or if the safety, security, and health of a user(s) is at risk. This includes, but is not limited to, search warrants, fraud, breaches, etc.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Data may be sent to required and/or authorized personnel if there is a safety, legal, or security concern.

Your contact information

We aim to communicate our services and resources in the best way possible. When you provide your contact information, we want to honor your willingness to give this to us. Your contact information is how we get the information you need in the best way possible.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We honor your willingness to share this information with us by using reliable and secure administrative processes. Our selection of software and was intentionally reviewed and used to ensure the best business practices for users and our business practices.

What data breach procedures we have in place

In the event that Faithful Finance faces a data breach, we promise to pursue the necessary means to protect our users’ information. Our team strives to keep your data confidential to protect your privacy from unauthorized users.

What third parties we receive data from

Any website, company, or organization that links to this site that have cookies and/or spiders on them can may provide us with external data. This can be used to track trends and behaviors to understand our users better.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

When you use our site, data is automatically collected from you. This data includes, but isn’t limited to, IP addresses, location, time and date, etc. This data is used to help us understand our user base better.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirement

Purchases made on this website may be reported for business’ development and growth. Private information such as payment methods, phone numbers, addresses, etc. will not be shared with the public.

Acquisition and data transfer

In the event that Faithful Finance and/or assets of Faithful Finance are or likely to be acquired by another group, we may share this data to guide business decisions and practices to the new and/or potential owner(s).

Age Requirement

Individuals under the age of 13 must have adult permission and/or supervision when using this site.

Update to Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy is subject to change with updated business practices and/or legal requirements.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of December 22, 2020.